Williams Divorce and Family Law
Attorney Gerald O. Williams has devoted himself exclusively to the practice of divorce and family law since 1993. He is a board member of the Minnesota Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, and a fellow in the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Gerald represents clients in matters that include divorce, child custody, visitation, child support, spousal maintenance, paternity, grandparent rights and third party custody. He is also very experienced in representing clients in interstate and international custody, marriage dissolutions and related issues.
Mr. Williams' law practice includes collaborative law and alternative dispute resolution, advising clients in mediation, arbitration, Early Neutral Evaluation, Financial Early Neutral Evaluation and cases involving Consensual Special Magistrates.
Mr. Williams is the author of the first Minnesota divorce and family law blog in the state. Recent highlights from the blog are always included in the lower right hand corner. Suggestions for topics are always welcome.
We are located in Woodbury, Minnesota and also have access to conference rooms in Bloomington, Edina, downtown Minneapolis, and St. Louis Park. We would be happy to meet you in any of the locations. We represent clients in Minneapolis/St. Paul, throughout seven metro area counties, in district courts throughout the State of Minnesota, and in family law appeals before the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of Minnesota.
Superlawyers
Gerald has once again been named a "Superlawyer" by his peers and Minnesota Law and Politics Magazine.
Minnesota Divorce Blog
Woodbury, Minnesota divorce attorney, Gerald Williams, shares insights gained while practicing exclusively divorce and family law since 1993.
Contested Child Custody and Mental Illness
by Gerald Williams
2 Feb 2010 at 8:41pm
In a contested child custody dispute, if one of the parents suffers from mental illness, it is a factor to be considered in the court's custody decision. Many parents going through a custody battle suffer from conditions such as clinical...
Children and Passports
by Gerald Williams
26 Jan 2010 at 8:49pm
Children under the age of sixteen are not issued passports without the consent of both parents. The Two-Parent Consent Law was revised in February 2008 to include all children 16 and under, and not just children 14 and under. Both...
Orthodontia Costs and Child Support
by Gerald Williams
20 Jan 2010 at 7:34pm
If a parent is ordered to pay child support, it is likely that the child support obligation will include a "basic" support obligation, coupled with child care support and medical support. Orthodontia costs are included as part of medical support....
Custody Neutrals
by Gerald Williams
11 Jan 2010 at 7:21pm
Custody evaluations, guardians ad litem, early neutral evaluators, parenting consultants and parenting time expeditors. They are all objective and impartial. Here are the distinctions: Custody evaluators are appointed by the court or contracted with privately by the parties. The evaluator...
Divorce Mediation - With or Without an Attorney?
by Gerald Williams
5 Jan 2010 at 8:10pm
When a divorce case is submitted to the family law mediation process, the parties sometimes will have their attorneys present, and sometimes will not. Most mediators will not insist on the attorneys being present or on the attorneys being excluded...
Marital Interest in Real Estate
by Gerald Williams
14 Dec 2009 at 8:45pm
When a married couple owns a home, both spouses have an interest in the home, whether or not the house is titled in both spouses' names. So if one spouse lives in a home for two years before the marriage,...
Paternity Presumptions
by Gerald Williams
15 Nov 2009 at 8:43pm
Minnesota law provides for certain paternity presumptions that govern when there is a dispute over paternity. When a child is born to a married woman, the mother's husband is presumed to be the father. When a child is genetically linked...
Grandparent Visitation
by Gerald Williams
20 Oct 2009 at 8:44pm
Generally, a grandparent's right to see their minor grandchild is derivative of the child's parent's right to parenting time. That is, the maternal grandparents have access to the child during the mother's parenting time, and the paternal grandparents have access...
Overnight Parenting Time with Infants and Toddlers
by Gerald Williams
4 Oct 2009 at 7:30pm
When parents have disputes about parenting time in cases involving infants or toddlers, the issue of overnights often arises. In 1999, the Minnesota Conference of Chief Judges approved a "Parental Guide for Making Child-Focused Parenting Time Decisions," prepared by the...
Birdnesting
by Gerald Williams
20 Sep 2009 at 6:51pm
The term birdnesting refers to a custody arrangement in which the children remain in the home, and the parents alternate residence in the home with the children. It requires each parent to have a home outside the children's home (perhaps...
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